is tired

I have 6 weeks (exactly) until my due date. And how stupid is it that I have not only written that on my blog, but even considered it significant? Because what is it.... 3% of women who actually give birth on their due date? And what's my trend? LATE. Yup, with Plava I was 9 days late and with Pito 6. So I'm counting on 7 weeks from today, just to keep myself sane.

As I write this, I'm glancing over at the tv next to me watching the hockey game. Yes, we have the TV screen right beside the computer screen. A little overkill? Definitely, especially when we do this kind of double-watching thing. Ridiculous!

So back to ME and my body that is full of baby. I'm feeling pretty dang tired these days. It could be that I'm fighting off this crazy feverish cold that everyone around me seems to have (Pito, Pito's classmates, Plava's classmates, Ryan's workmates, etc), or it could be the true end of pregnancy exhaustion. Yes, there's a good chance that that is involved.

I'm really excited to meet this baby. I really can't wait to find out what gender it is!! Having found out with both the girls, it's bizarre to not know this time. There's a kind of disconnect that I feel, and yet at the same time, there's something really interesting about the mystery. What a moment that will be when he or she emerges!!

I'm doing a home birth this time - first time. I figured if I'm a doula now, and know the benefits of home births, I better actually try one myself!! Sheesh! Walk the walk, lady!! So I'm excited, and nervous, and certainly not militant about giving birth at home. No, if there's any question about needing some medical support, I have no problem going to the hospital. I mean, it's there for when you need it - why would I refuse simply on the basis that I want to have a baby at home? So that's the plan.

This means that I'm going all-natural, baby. Of course there are no pain-meds at home so that's kind of the commitment you make. I'm reading an interesting book at the moment called "Hypnobirthing" (sounds way hokier than it is) and it's really interesting - talking about how to relax to a point of mentally being elsewhere in order to feel less pain. That's a bad description of it, but it's got some good stuff in it. I'm very curious to give it a go.

Yes, so labour and birth are on the brain! Do wish me luck, since although I do PLAN to be on the blog before then, if you've been checking in here for a while, you know my ways...

Tata!